Welcome to Cause Marketing 2.0, where customers choose the cause! TisBest puts the charity selection process right where it belongs – in your customers’ hands.
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Cause Marketing 1.0 is hugely successful for many charities and their company partners. Worthy causes receive much needed financial support and companies connect their brands with important charities. But one valuable constituent is often left out of the process: the customer has no say in selecting the cause.

With Cause Marketing 2.0, you provide the donation, and the customer chooses the cause. As a result, your brand is associated with a charitable cause that is personally meaningful to each and every one of your participating customers - guaranteed.

And to top it off, we can tell you which cause each customer supports. You can use that customer specific market intelligence to your advantage in customer engagement and social media initiatives. Just imagine: you direct information about your company’s animal-free-product testing to animal rights enthusiasts; direct information about your company’s energy efficiency to environmentally conscious customers; and direct information about your schools programs to customers focused on children’s education.

Let us know when you are thinking about a Cause Marketing 2.0 program. Send us an email at BusinessSales@tisbest.org or call 206-501-3005 x 2 between 8 AM-6 PM (Seattle time) Monday-Friday. We're eager to brainstorm ideas with you and to share our resources at any time.

In-Store TisBest Charity Gift Cards

Reward your customers for their loyalty, but reward them with a meaningful gift of charity. Give a branded $5.00 charity gift card for each new gym membership. Or provide a $10 card with every $200 furniture purchase. Or send them a TisBest Charity Gift Card worth 2% of their online purchase total. Cards are available in any amount between $5 and $5,000.

Your Custom Branding on TisBestB Charity Gift Cards

You can customize your card - fast, easy and FREE. Create your own card design that includes your company’s branding and messaging. There’s no extra cost and no minimum order for custom designs. Charity gift cards come in three styles - click here to see examples.. Orders of less than 500 plastic cards usually ship within one business day. And our e-mail card option can be delivered instantly or programmed for future delivery.

Customize your recipient’s entire “spend” experience

Keep your brand and messaging in front of your recipients from beginning to end with a TisBest Branded Campaign. Your brand is already on the card itself; now extend that brand experience throughout the “spend” process on the TisBest website. Options include a custom welcome screen, closing call to action, and branded email follow up. Call our Business Sales Team at 206-501-3005 x2 to view a TisBest Branded Campaign demo and discuss specifications and minimum order requirements. You will be pleased how easy it is to set up a TisBest Branded Campaign! Download our Business Campaign Summary here. To view a demo campaign, receive more information, or to start your order, send us an email at BusinessSales@tisbest.org or call 206-501-3005 x 2 between 8 AM-6 PM (Seattle time) Monday-Friday.

Katya Horner is the talented artist behind Slight Clutter Photography. Based in Houston, Katya reaches a nationwide audience through her online Etsy shop. “When I heard about TisBest, I saw the opportunity for my customers to not only decorate their home, but also give to the charity of their choice,” she said. Katya’s story shows that Cause Marketing works for businesses of any size.

Support the charity of your customer’s choice through your next packaged goods promotion. Print a unique 6-character TisBest Code on your product package, sales receipt, apparel label, or printable item. The customer then uses the TisBest code to complete the charity selection process. We can create a special environment on the TisBest website or work with your developers to incorporate our redemption system into your promotional website. Codes are available in any dollar (or cents) amount. Maybe it’s only 50 cents; maybe it’s $1,000. Maybe it’s some of each.

Customer Directed Donations in E-Commerce

Incorporate a TisBest Customer Directed Donation program into your website’s checkout process. Offer your customers the opportunity to support a specific charity with a percentage of their order based on a preselected list of charities. Or avoid the direct cash reference and instead offer a menu of “cause items” they can choose from. A menu of options related to homelessness might include providing a meal for a homeless youth, a day’s rent for a family, or an emergency street kit. Once an item is selected, your customer will see the aggregate results for all of your customers – that’s a powerful emotional impact tied directly to your brand. You can customize your list of causes, charities, or menu items to fit your customers’ charitable interests and your CSR goals.

Katya Horner (Slight Clutter Photography) creates fairy tales with her camera and sells them to the world on her website and online Etsy shop.

The Program:

Katya decided to add a TisBest Charity Gift Card to each order above $100 placed through her online shop. “When I heard about TisBest, I saw the opportunity for my customers to not only decorate their home, but also give to the charity of their choice,” Katya said.

The best part? Each charity gift card is printed with a limited edition photo from Katya’s collection. She said this about the program: “It’s my way of saying thanks to the universe for allowing me to do what I do. A fairytale, indeed!”

The Result:

TisBest’s feedback system invited each gift card recipient to send a note back to Katya when they made their charity selection. Here is one of the great notes that Katya received from her customers:

"Thanks so much for the opportunity to contribute to three of my favorite charities. That makes your art even more highly valued in my home and my heart." - C.K.

Katya’s story shows that Cause Marketing is an effective strategy, not only for multinational corporations, but also for the millions of small and mid-size businesses that want to build their brand while “giving back” to their customers and communities.

With a Custom Branded Campaign, you extend your branding and event or program messaging throughout the Charity Gift Card Experience. Scroll down to see images of each custom campaign element. Please call our Business Sales Team at 206-501-3005 x2. We would love to show you a complete Branded Campaign demo and discuss your specific requirements.

We are eager to work with you to develop the perfect TisBest Business Campaign. Send us an email at BusinessSales@tisbest.org or call 206-501-3005 x2 between 8 AM-6 PM (Seattle time) Monday-Friday to request a campaign demo or discuss specifications and minimum order requirements.

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DiscoverGiving’s research-based curriculum provides students with a powerful opportunity
to practice and model altruism using activities and discussion topics that reinforce
the intrinsic motivations behind giving. Engaging in these prosocial behaviors in
the classroom helps students cultivate compassion and generosity on both a group
and individual level.

At the start of the lesson, students are introduced to philanthropy by reflecting
on ways they or someone they know has shared their time, talent or treasure to create
positive change. Students are amazed to discover many ways they already participate
in philanthropy, such as donating canned food or giving spare change to a person
in need.

The teacher then guides students through making a charitable donation with a TisBest
Charity Gift Card. Students each “spend” a $1.00 charity gift card by choosing a
charity to support in an area of interest to them, such as protecting the rain forest
or endangered species, caring for sick kids, or feeding a hungry family. Through
this hands-on giving experience, students learn that they can make a positive difference
in the world! Charities supported by student donations receive 100% of the funds
from each TisBest Charity Gift Card.

Following the charity gift card activity, students participate in literacy-focused
enrichment activities, each adhering to a Common Core standard. The activities encourage
students to think beyond their $1.00 charity gift card and identify concrete ways
they can continue to make a positive difference in the word around them.

What is DiscoverGiving?

DiscoverGiving is a classroom philanthropy project from TisBest. DiscoverGiving
guides students through a hands-on giving experience using fun, engaging activities
designed to foster altruism and spark a lifelong appreciation for the power of generosity.

Who teaches the DiscoverGiving lesson?

DiscoverGiving lessons are taught by 3rd-6th grade elementary school teachers. Anyone
can purchase a kit and give it to a teacher. The teacher then determines when and
how to integrate the lesson into his or her regular curriculum.

Do I have to be a teacher to order a Classroom Giving Kit?

No. Anyone can purchase a kit and give it to a 3rd-6th grade teacher. To learn more
about sponsoring a classroom, see our Parents or Sponsors section below.

Enrichment Activity #2: Reading
Reading informational text (15 minutes)
Pass out copies of the April 2013 article from the Huffington Post: “Olivia Peters’
Letter Saves Surrey Forest.” Introduce the article by telling the class that this
is a new story about a 12-year-old girl from Canada who was upset that her city
planned to cut down trees near her home, so she decided to do something about it.
Give the students time to read the article, and then ask the following questions
to deepen comprehension and encourage valuable discussion:

“Why did Olivia feel like her voice needed to be heard?”
“Why do you think Olivia’s letter helped change the housing development plans?”
“What inspires you the most about Olivia’s story?”

Does the DiscoverGivng curriculum meet Common Core State Standards?

Yes, participation in the DiscoverGiving lesson and enrichment activities meet the
following Common Core standards:

The following Common Core standards are met by participating in the DiscoverGiving
lesson and enrichment activities:

I’m teaching a DiscoverGiving lesson; will I know which charities my students choose
to support?

Yes. During the redemption process your student is asked to send a note to you explaining
why they chose to support that charity. These notes are automatically emailed to
you the moment your students completes the redemption process.

Do students really get to donate $1 to the charity of their choice?

Yes. Each $1.00 TisBest Charity Gift Card represents one real dollar held by TisBest
Philanthropy. TisBest sends 100% of each student donation to the charity they chose
to support.

What is a TisBest Charity Gift Card?

A TisBest Charity Gift works like any other gift card, except that instead of buying
stuff, the recipient of a charity gift card spends it to support a charity of their
choice. Visit the TisBest homepage to learn more about how you can use a TisBest
Charity Gift Card.

How do the students make their donation?

Students use their TisBest Charity Gift Card through the TisBest website at www.TisBest.org/Kids.
The donation process is secure, and TisBest does not collect personal information
about students during the redemption process. Once TisBest is notified of the student’s
donation, a check or ACH deposit is sent to the charity the student chose to support
during our regular distribution times.

To preview the redemption process, go to www.TisBest.org/Kids and use this demo
code: DE9-AWF

How much of the students’ donations actually go to charity?

Charities supported by student donations receive 100% of the funds from each TisBest
Charity Gift Card.

How do you select the charities you feature on the TisBest website?

TisBest National Chairities
We choose charities with national or international impact that represent a broad
array of interests so that nearly everyone will be able to find an organization
they believe in for their donation. All of our charities receive significant public
support, have demonstrated fiscal and social responsibility and have their official
financial and regulatory data subject to third-party review on guidestar.org or
charitynavigator.org. We generally feature charities with annual revenues or assets
of at least $3 million, and our team reviews the 990 Tax Forms filed by our charities
to ensure fiscal accountability.

TisBest Local Charities

We introduced our Local Charities in 2009. To select Local Charities, we asked Social
Venture Partner chapters and other similar groups to nominate charities from their
region for the Local Charities List. We sought charities that were locally operated,
focused on the local community, were admired by their peers for effectiveness and
fiscal responsibility and operated with a sustainable model.

DiscoverGiving is an awesome program, how can I help spread the word?

The best thing you can do is let your friends and the teachers in your life know
about the DiscoverGiving program. The more people that know about us, the more students
will discover ways they can have a positive impact on the world around them. Please
share your thoughts and encouragement by sending email to
DiscoverGiving@TisBest.org and tell us why you love the program and what
else you would like to see us do. And connect with us and/or share about the program
on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. Thank you!

Who is TisBest Philanthropy?

TisBest Philanthropy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering
the growth of non-material gift-giving. TisBest created charity gift cards in 2007.
Charity gift cards work like conventional gift cards, but with one important exception:
the recipient of a charity gift card "spends" it by choosing a charity to receive
the funds.

With a TisBest Charity Gift Card, you make the donation and your recipient decides
how to spend the donation, choosing from TisBest's 300+ charity partners. Learn
more at www.tisbest.org.

The DiscoverGiving Classroom Giving Kit has everything needed to quickly and easily
spark conversation and curiosity in students about philanthropy including:

The cost of a Classroom Giving Kit is $62.00 + $1.00 per student. For example, the
total Kit cost for a classroom of 30 students would be $92.00. Shipping is free,
and your entire DiscoverGiving purchase is tax deductible.

*Classroom Giving Kits are currently available for grades 3-6.

The following Common Core standards are met by participating in the DiscoverGiving
lesson and enrichment activities:

By participating in the DiscoverGiving program, students engage in activities designed
to boost their
levels of happiness and satisfaction and enhance the prosocial behaviors of generosity and compassionate
action.

When K-12 students engage in service learning activities in the classroom, they demonstrate
an increased capacity for learning, a decline in absenteeism, and a stronger connection to their school. Significant health
benefits have been recorded in children who participate in generous behavior including a reduced risk of substance
abuse, depression and suicide in adolescents. Studies of fMRI scans show that giving
to charity relates to increased activity in areas of the brain associated with pleasure,
social connection and trust. Altruism has also been shown to be contagious.
When students give they create a ripple effect of generosity in their school community!

It may not seem like much, a single dollar can accomplish quite a lot. During the
lesson, students are given examples of how far a dollar can go to support a charity’s
mission, helping them to understand the true value of their donation. Plus, the
enrichment activities included in the DiscoverGiving Kit encourage students to reflect
on how it felt to make a difference and helps them identify new ways to impact the
world, empowering each child to become a lifelong world-changer!

Charities supported by student donations receive 100% of the funds from each $1.00
TisBest Charity Gift Card. Together the dollars in a classroom can have an even
bigger impact. A classroom with 25 students will spend $25 benefitting a wide range
of charitable organizations. Multiplying that times 1,000 DiscoverGiving classrooms
means $25,000 in charitable donations to important causes. Together, DiscoverGiving
students can make a significant financial impact within the nonprofit community
and make the world a better place.

Reading informational text (20 minutes)
Pass out copies of the April 2013 article from the Huffington Post: “Olivia Peters’
Letter Saves Surrey Forest.” Introduce the article by telling the class that this
is a new story about a 12-year-old girl from Canada who was upset that her city
planned to cut down trees near her home, so she decided to do something about it.
Give the students time to read the article, and then ask the following questions
to deepen comprehension and encourage valuable discussion:

“Why did Olivia feel like her voice needed to be heard?” “Why do you think Olivia’s
letter helped change the housing development plans?” “What inspires you the most
about Olivia’s story?”

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